Monitoring and Reporting for Surface Water Systems

Monitoring and reporting that you must do to confirm that your surface water system is providing safe drinking water. Public notifications of violations. Consumer confidence reports. Forms, instructions, and guidance.

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Forms, Instructions, and Guidance for Surface Water Monthly Operating Reports (SWMORs) Each public water system that operates a surface water treatment plant to produce drinking water from surface water, or from groundwater that is under the direct influence of surface water, must submit monthly data to the TCEQ. This page tells system operators how to choose the correct version of the Surface Water Monthly Operating Report (SWMOR).

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CT Study Information A Concentration-Time (CT) study is a formal determination of the disinfectant concentrations and the effective contact time provided by a given treatment plant.

Comprehensive Performance Evaluation Request Form The Comprehensive Performance Evaluation (CPE) Request form must be completed and submitted when an individual filter has confirmed effluent turbidity readings above 2.0 NTU on two separate occasions during any consecutive two months. See the SWMOR Manual which includes full instructions in Chapter 6 for the FPR.

Comprehensive Performance Evaluation Request Form Example The Comprehensive Performance Evaluation (CPE) Request form must be completed and submitted when an individual filter has confirmed effluent turbidity readings above 2.0 NTU on two separate occasions during any consecutive two months. This file is an example of a completed CPE Request form.

Lab Approval Form and Instructions Public water systems must submit this lab form to be approved to analyze the following analytes themselves: turbidity, pH, temperature, TOC, UV, alkalinity, disinfectant, chlorite (at point of entry), calcium and/or phosphate.

Water Treatment Plant Recycling Practices Report All water systems that use surface water or groundwater under the direct influence of surface water (GUI), practice conventional or direct filtration, and recycle spent filter backwash, thickener supernatant, or liquids from dewatering processes must complete and submit this Water Treatment Plant Recycling Practices Report (RPR) to notify us that they recycle.